Asian American Heritage Month Stream: Broadcast Signal Intrusion (2021 | USA)
Stream Time: May 3rd @ 8:30pm EST/1:30am GMT.
See below the cut for details and trigger warnings.
Summary: A video archivist uncovers sinister pirate broadcasts.
Language: English.
Runtime: 1 hour 44 minutes.
Rating: UR.
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Dread by the Decade: Gaslight
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Source Material: Gas Light by Patrick Hamilton
Year: 1940
Genre: Psychological Horror, Mystery
Rating: UR (Rec: PG-13)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Runtime: 1 hour 24 minutes
Director: Thorold Dickinson
Cinematographer: Bernard Knowles
Editor: Sidney Cole
Writers: A. R. Rawlinson, Bridget Boland
Composer: Richard Addinsell
Cast: Diana Wynyard, Anton Walbrook, Frank Pettingell, Cathleen Cordell, Minnie Rayner, Jimmy Hanley
Plot: Hoping to conceal a dark secret, a man tries to convince his new wife that she is losing her mind.
Review: A tale of psychological manipulation and domestic abuse that emotionally drains the viewer as much as it captivates them.
Overall Rating: 4.5/5
Story: 4.5/5 - Its handling of mental abuse is shockingly realistic and harrowing. And, though its mystery isn't particularly difficult to figure out, the tension it invokes is thick.
Performances: 4.5/5 - Walbrook is incredible as Paul, so believable in how he portrays an abuser who flips from doting to cruel that it's often hard to watch. Wynyard is similarly great as the fraying Bella.
Cinematography: 4/5 - Good use of layering to create disorienting shots.
Editing: 4/5
Music: 4/5
Choreography & Stunts: 4/5 - The can-can sequence is brief but hypnotic.
Sets: 4.5/5 - Though limited, they're lavish and feel lived-in.
Costumes, Hair, & Make-Up: 4/5 - The costuming is just gorgeous—especially Bella's.
Trigger Warnings:
Mild violence
Domestic and emotional abuse
Implications of sex under false pretenses
Brief sexual harassment
Misogyny (period appropriate)
Mentions of institutionalization
Classism (period appropriate)
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A recent edition of Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs with a appropriately cut-up cover by Julian House of Intro.
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